About the Author
TO MY READERS ... In my stories, I want you to step back in history to significant times, events, and characters, unlike those of the present, yet not so different. My hope is that my stories will earn a place on your memory's bookshelf, and that you might want to share them with others and maybe even dust them off and revisit them in years to come.
As a student of history, I delight in connecting factual "dots," posing provocative questions, and taking readers (and listeners) to places they've never been and, in some cases, don't want to be. I also love the Lord and his people and all things patriotic, historic, West Point, Christmas, Dickens, and eternal. I also love traveling the world with my amazing wife, Debbie, and talking to diverse groups about my narratives and life experiences.
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Born an Army brat, I chose to follow in my father's footsteps, the first of three brothers to graduate from West Point, and while there, competed as a collegiate gymnast. Six months after graduation, I found myself one of the first in my class in the jungles and rice paddies of Vietnam, an experience that figures in my latest narrative, Sông Bé: A Legacy of Vietnam.
After Vietnam, becoming an Army aviator (fixed-wing) and serving an aviation assignment in the Middle East, and a final tour in Germany, I decided to try my hand at being a civilian. In my last assignment in Germany (1973-74), my duties included being the Race Relations Officer for a major Army command during a very tense time in U.S. military race relations.
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Thanking Uncle Sam for the privilege of serving my country, I apprenticed under my father in an engineering company, obtained a master's degree, and became a registered professional engineer (civil/environmental). I formed my own consulting engineering company, which grew international in scope. Along the way, I was privileged to serve as an adjunct professor at Southern Methodist University and as an assistant professor at West Point. I later sold the company to become a solopreneur, consulting privately and pursuing what had become a passion - writing historical fiction and poetry under the banner of RA Publishing and writing and co-editing screenplays with my writer/director/producer son, Richie Adams (RichieAdams.com).
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While writing, I serve as the chief strategy officer for Ion Power Group LLC (IonPowerGroup.com), an innovative, eco-friendly, sustainable solar-power energy company.
I cherish the Lord, his Word, my family, my many friends (old and new), and my freedoms as an American citizen, and I remain active in veteran and West Point alumni affairs. I love to travel, golf, hike, bike, and ski (for a time, a Vail Resorts ski instructor), and I am privileged to co-teach an adult Sunday School class. Truly, God's love and mercies are new every day (Lamentations 3:22-23)